Housing costs

[tomh009]

As for AirBnB I still disagree, travel is incredibly flexible, as we are seeing now...if AirBnB never was, the price to travel would be higher, and fewer people would do it, and the demand for travel accomodations would be lower.  I'm not saying that's a good thing, but it would mean certain local realestate markets would have a greater supply of housing.

While you can do very cheap AirBNB by sharing rooms etc, actually renting a house or an apartment isn't substantially cheaper than a hotel room, in general. It's different: you typically get privacy and more space, whereas a hotel may be newer and will provide more facilities (fitness room, bar, free breakfast etc).

And I do agree about the need for reasonable/rational regulation.